SAN DIEGO and SEATTLE – ResMed is using Numera Social, a telehealth platform, to power its online patient engagement tool called SleepSeeker, according to a press release.
WATERLOO, Iowa – The VGM Group has signed an agreement with Benefits365, a company that helps HME providers convert beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage plans, according to a press release.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – With the start date closing in on the national mail-order program for diabetes supplies, Diabetes Care Club is ramping up its operations and product offerings to prepare for an expected increase in patients, according to a press release.
ELMSFORD, N.Y. – BioScrip has agreed to acquire CarePoint Partners for $223 million, bringing together two of the major national players in home infusion therapy, according to a press release.
LENEXA, Kan. – Mediware Information Systems is buying Fastrack Healthcare Systems, providing a boost to its existing Alternate Care Solutions product portfolio, according to a letter to customers.
WATERLOO, Iowa – The tide may be turning on CMS and its competitive bidding program, industry stakeholders told attendees at The VGM Group’s Heartland Conference last week.
YARMOUTH, Maine – A pair of recent M&A transactions on opposite coasts illustrates what analysts have long predicted: Competitive bidding will drive market consolidation, they say.
With prices on the downswing, companies need to build scale, say analysts.
LEAWOOD, Kan. – A request from family physicians to simplify the Medicare requirements for diabetes supplies could ultimately help suppliers beleaguered by audits.
WASHINGTON – Robert Steedley, president of Barnes Healthcare Services in Valdosta, Ga., becomes chairman of AAHomecare at a time of change for both the HME industry and the association.
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and People for Quality Care (PFQC) have partnered to offer a hotline number for Medicare beneficiaries to log complaints about their access to HME, according to a press release.
